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MR. DAVID W. BRILL: A maritime claim is really a, in our case, an injury or wrongful death occurring on a waterway, whether it's the ocean, or what we call brown water, which is interior based water systems. And if you have a maritime claim, different laws govern those cases of injury or death than if you have a land-based claim. So maritime is fundamentally a water injury or death claim.

A person who is either injured or has a loved one who has been killed in a maritime incident wants to reach out, should reach out to someone who is really concentrating in that area.

There's actually a notice requirement in every ticket that you get these days whether it's from cruise line X or cruise line Y, and those particular notice requirements are usually 6 months in nature. So from the time you have your incident you have 6 months to bring notice, to give notice in a specific way, particular way, as per that cruise line passenger ticket, to let them know, hey, I have a claim here. And if you don't bring it, the law could prohibit you from bringing a causative action or lawsuit against their particular cruise line. You want to contact us right away. So we can help to protect you and your loved ones and be able to make the best recovery for you under the circumstances in a timely way and with the best resources available to you.

It is very important, it is critical in fact, that the injured crewmember or their family member of the deceased crewmember contacts us right away. Laws need to be adhered to right away in order to have the best chance for a recovery. When they get injured, a lot of times, unfortunately, the cruise lines don't step up to the plate for their employees and they are abandoned without any level or ability to make a recovery and that's where we step in. And we provide that type of recovery for them through the court systems.